据路透社新加坡3月7日消息称，波兰主要天然气公司PGNiG的一名高级官员周四表示，该公司加快了液化天然气现货采购的步伐，以实现天然气进口的多样化。

PGNiG贸易副总裁Maciej Wozniak表示，，该公司今年迄今已购买了四批现货，而去年全年共购买了五批。

他在新加坡举行的2019年LNGA会议上表示，现货采购以及短期和中期液化天然气交易由其伦敦办事处负责，该办事处于2017年初开始运营。

沃兹尼亚克表示，预计到2023年，该公司的液化天然气总进口量将从今年的不足300万吨增至约800万吨。

他说:“在2022年之后，我们将彻底改变供应方向，转向更加多元化的投资组合。”

国营的PGNiG目前向客户销售的大部分天然气都是从俄罗斯天然气工业股份公司进口的，但它已采取措施，通过从卡塔尔、美国和挪威购买更多的液化天然气来减少这种依赖。

波兰的电力主要来自老化的燃煤发电站，随着需求的增加使国家系统不堪重负，当气温达到极端水平时，波兰面临电力短缺的风险。

曹海斌 摘译自 路透社

原文如下：

Poland's PGNiG speeds pace of LNG purchases as it diversifies imports

Poland’s dominant gas company PGNiG has stepped up the pace of its spot purchase of liquefied natural gas (LNG) as it works to diversify its gas imports, a senior company official said on Thursday.

The company has bought four spot cargoes so far this year, compared with five cargoes for all of last year, said Maciej Wozniak, vice president of trade at PGNiG.

The spot purchase, as well as short and mid-term LNG trading, are handled by its London office, which started operations at the start of 2017, he said at the LNGA 2019 conference in Singapore.

The company’s overall LNG imports are expected to rise to about 8 million tonnes in 2023, from less than 3 million tonnes this year, Wozniak said.

“After 2022, we’re going to change completely the direction of supplies into more of a diversified portfolio,” he said.

State-run PGNiG currently imports most of the gas it sells to its customers from Russia’s Gazprom, but it has taken steps to reduce that reliance by buying more LNG from Qatar, the United States and Norway.

Poland, which generates electricity mostly from ageing coal-fired power stations, faces the risk of power shortages when temperatures hit extreme levels as increased demand overloads the national system.